Moyes believes his team are benefiting from having a warm-weather break in Dubai after they had a weekend off because of their elimination from the FA Cup.

He added: "It was great that we had some time together with the players - the first time I've really had the chance to have a few days with the lad.

"We trained and had some relaxation time as well, so it was good. You hope you get some benefit from it. I'm sure it will benefit the players, having the chance to relax. We'd have rather been in the FA Cup, let me tell you that more than anything, but we weren't so the next thing we had to do was get them ready for the 12 remaining games."

Moyes hopes that the size of his squad will enable United to end the campaign in good form.

He explained: "There's a squad here that's always been used to being rotated and used. That's why, lots of times, United have often been strong at the end of the season - they make sure players haven't played every game.

"So when the big games come in the end they have fresh players. We're fortunate with the squad we have here that we've been able to do that. We've tried to give everybody an opportunity to show what they can do as well, which is really important when you get a new manager in."

After enduring a tricky start to his Manchester United career, perhaps it is fair that Marcos Rojo celebrated so boisterously as he watched his first professional club Estudiantes beat fierce rivals Gimnasia